The Sun. — London, England, 1838-06-14 00:00:00

PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We hear that the Earl of Gosford, the late Governor-Ge neral of Canada, has been exerting himself to lessen the mag nitude of the recent rebellion in that province, and has charac terised it as more insignificant than an " Irish county row, or a foray between two Scottish clans in former times." We cannot deny his Lordship's intimate, and, for aught we know to the contrary, personal acquaintance with an Irish county roe ; but it would be exceedingly unjust to his Lordship to permit his exposing himself to the charge of being in the slightest degree acquainted with the extent of the rebellion which recently broke out in Canada under his administration of the Provincial Government. His Lordship will remember the extreme prudence which he exhibited during the whole period of those disturbances, by remaining securely within the walls of Quebec, at a distance of 150 miles from the scene of the contest, and until his auspicious departure, long after the termination of hostilities, by confining his personal inquiries into their causes and effects within the :zees cf the for tress. His Lordship's early reading has no doubt suggested to him the equally accurate and precise comparison between the rebellion of one of the most important and interesting of the colonial possessions against the majesty of the llritish empire, and the petty feuds, arising from jealousy or revenge, in two rival and almost savage Scottish clans centuries ago. Erudition of this most unquestionable kind may be safely left to the judgment of those whom his Lordship has amused if not instructed by its singular extent and correctness. But setting aside the comparison, it is difficult to conjecture in what manner his Lordship's ingenuity will enable him to re concile this most contemptible provincial scuffle with his re ports to the Government, or the language of his public documents. Taking his despatches in the order of date, his Lordship would seem to appreciate the increasing im portance of the contest going on in the province, as well as the designs of the agitators ; for after stating the com mencement of the agitation meetings, and his impression that a system of organisation was going on in different parts of the province, with a view to excite a hostile feeling against the Government, and that he was preparing to check it by prompt and vigorous measures, which, with the arrival of the and regiment from Halifax, would produce tranquillity and excellent results in the pro. Vince, he proceeds to inform the Government that seditious meetings were more extensively held for the purpose of dis seminating doctrines of an illegal and seditious tendency, and that many of the officers commanding regiments of militia Ind treated with contempt a proclamation which he had issued and ordered to be read at the head of the regiments, calling upon the people to " eschew all meetings of a dangerous or equivo cal character, because their object was resistance of the lawful authority of the King and Parliament, and the subversion of the laws." He soon discovers that no concession short of a separation from England, a Republican Government in the province, will satisfy the disaffected, and mentions the excite ment kept up in the country by means of local Committees receiving orders and instructions of an evidently trea sonable nature from the Central Committee at Mon. treal. and at the same time admits that the Government must either put down M. Papineau, or submit to be put down by him. At a later period he declares the impossibility of limiting the extent of mischief which might be created by the disaffected party, and enumerates about twenty-three sedi dotes meetings held in the four districts of the province, and then adverts to his dismissals of twenty-seven magistrates arid thirty-rive militia officers from her Majesty's service. Again he regrets that this system of agitation, ripening into rebel lion, preciously reported to the Government, was carried on with more boldness than ever, that its success was greater tban he had anticipated, and that the difficulty of conducting the Government teas seriously augmented. A few days subse quently lie states the powers it his disposal to be inadequate for meeting the difficulties that surround him ; the law had failed to afford its support, the civil authorities had become powerless ; the French clergy, though well-disposed and loyal, were reluctant to come forward ; and - that any further ap. peal to the provincial Parliament would be positively in jurious ; that the only practicable course was, to sus pend the Constitution—increase the military force—and strengthen the hands of the Executive, almost impotent for any good or useful purpose ; that emissaries of disaffection were busy in the other districts besides Montreal ; that a con vention similar to that at Montreal had been established in the city of Quebec, where he was residing. At a still later period he informs him (Lord Glenelg) that " by the advice of his Council, as to the mildest and most efficacious measures for arresting the agitations that distracted the country and theat ened to destroy its established inetitutions„,he should increase the military force ; and that much more vigorous and decisive measures than were within the power of the Executive to put in force were required to arrest the seditious results then pro duced, and to put down the progress of anarchy and confusion that was extensively spreading with great rapidity and success; that a very large proportion of the rural population in the dis trict of Montreal were prepared to go any lengths ; and that two regiments were required to be sent up immediately from Nova Scotia." After detailing some other precau tionary measures, he states " his conviction that after all they would not arrest the progress of anarchy and armed organization, nor prevent its spreading into other districts, and that the convention at Quebec were recommend ing and urginr , the same measures as that at Montreal ;" and his Lordship adds ' in conclusion, " that the machinery of the local Government was nearly at a stand still, and without im mediate extraordinary powers to the Executive, the tide of se dition could not be stemmed but by a resort to active military operations." Now, to a mind guided by common sense, these demonstrations were sufficiently alarming, but on his Lordship they produced different results : his sagacity during these events would not permit him to believe that " any disturbance or serious interruption of the usual course of events was likely to arise," or "to doubt the loyalty of the French Canadians and their favourable disposition to peace and order :"he " could not himself credit the reports respecting the declaration of in dependence intended to be proclaimed at the great meeting of the Six Counties; actually believed " that the rural po pulation, even in the most disaffected parts of the country, would not adopt the views of the disaffected party ;" and that the leaders of the party would not succeed in persuading the mass of their countrymen to follow and ac tively support them." On the sth of November, within five days after the date of this last extract, the revolution com menced with the disturbance in Montreal, and went on in creasing in violence until suppressed by military power. His Lordship then intimates to the Government his having autho rised the, arming of volunteers in various part of the province, his offer of high rewards for the apprehension of the chief re bels, his declaration of martial law, and the endeavours of the rebels to enlist American citizens in their favour ; and de scribes at length the operations of the military government under Sir John Colborne. Now, a; to some few facts re specting those events. The district of Montreal alone con - taine nearly two-thirds of the whole provincial population, while that of St. Francis, containing a sixth of the whole, is settled almost exclusively by British, who, with the en tire British inhabitants of the province, were allowed by his Lordship to be " firm in their allegiance." Trea sonable public meetings had been held in every French Canadian village of the province, without one loyal one ; the people almost universally left their churches when the Te Deum was chanted in honour of her Majesty's acces sion ; the assistance of volunteers alone was accepted, and the militia was not called out, because the former were al most to a man British and loyal, and the latter, which would ""necessarily have been composed of a l a rge pr o portion of reach Caeadians, could not be trusted with arms in their ands ; that the loyalty of the en ti r e B r iti s h p o p u lation w a s arm ; and that though a battl e h a d n o t be en f oug ht in every I e illage, the sympathi e s o f all no t ac ti ve ly engage d were , w ith w exceptions of no account, in support of the rebel cause ; that no demonstrations of loyalty, no loyal meetings or ad dresses from the French Canadians, were got up for his Lordship until that population were dismayed and terrified by the result of the attacks at St. Charles and St. Eustache. All these facts his Lordship knew. The foregoing details re quire no comment : they afford the means of estimating his Lordship's capacity and fitness for conducting the government of an important colony under trying circum stances, and his competency not merely to inform her Ma jesty correctly of the events of his administration, but of the proper course of measures to, be pursued by his successor. His Lordship's " mild and conciliatory line of policy," which produced so singular a result, and his desire to fulfil his in structions literally, would seem to have created the delusion under which he laboured during his residence in the colony. From such motives must have proceeded his remarkable dis play of courtesy and civility to Lord and Lady Aylmer upon their departure, because Lord Aylmer was at variance with M. Papineau's House of Assembly. From these motives proceeded his appointment to the Bench of Justice of the man who, under the protection of Parliamentary usage, alone of all the traitors in that Assembly, had the bold. ness to father the ninety-two resolutions containing a de claration of treason and rebellion ; his recommendation of Mr. Morris, the real and known author of those resolutions, to her Majesty's Government for the Com missionership of Crown lands; his nomination as exe cutive councillor of the most ultra-political partisan and enemy to the British Government, not excepting the chief leader himself; and his constant and intimate association, until his departure from the province, with the supporters of the re volutionary party. Such influence might have rendered his view of events somewhat limited, and led him to express " the lively satisfaction which he experienced at receiving the assu rtmee of the inviolabl e fid e lity an d attac h men t o f t h e Canadians to the Government of our most gracious Sovereign," con tained in their loyal addresses from every part of the country after the suppression of the rebellion, and induced him to believe that none among them had been disloyal, with the exception of the 20 or 25 of their chief leaders; and that even the people of St. Charles itself had been 'devoted in their attachment to the Queen's person and Government at the very time they were engaged hand to hand with her Mejestv'e troops. Such an episode to the history of his Lordship's administration is rather too gross for any but his Lordship himself, whose obliquity of judgment may still be under the dominion of similar or mere powerful influence in this country. But to conclude, it is re spectfully asked, how his Lordship will relieve himself from tthe charge of having induced her Majesty's Government to sec , ' out so imposing an armament to Canada, and to expend so much treasure in the civil and military government of the province, if the provincial disturbance really were, as his Lord ship now asserts, of so small importance ? It will be gratify ing to hear his Lordship smooth away so much contradiction, :and free himself from the imputation of having deceived the tGovernment and Parliament of England by exaggerated ta:arrns and representations. With him rests the contradiction, and it is for him to explain it ; but enough has been laid before the public to stamp its proper value upon his Lordship's re presentations of the extent and importance of the late Canadian _rebellion. —Morning Chronicle. Notwithstanding the sourness displayed in the course of o the nom= ot sus', e: 111 :11.14/ iAnow. these late discussions on the Irish Bills, and kept up, rather unbecomingly, as it appears to us, on the part of the Down ing-street press, we cannot help entertaining- an expectation that means may be employed, legitimate means, without any compromise discreditable to either party ; of solving the difficulty which seemed on Monday last to involve the question of the municipal franchise, and to produce a fair concordance between the professions at least of Lord John Russell and the known purposes and objects of the Conservative leader, although we cannot be called upon to pledge ourselves for a complete uniformity between the Noble Lord's ostensible declarations and his real views. The main argument rested on by the Ministers and their allies was, that uraler an assessment of 101. a higher qualification than that of 10/. bona fide value might be exacted from the occupant of a house, inasmuch as certain charges were borne by the Irish tenant, from which the tenant in this country was exempt, and which charges, in addition to the rent payable to the landlord, would constitute a total out going from the tenant's pocket unquestionably greater than 101. per annum. Now, Sir W. Follett made it self evident, that the only charge which ought to be allowed fur in the estimate of expenses incurred by the tenant would be the amount of the insurance, a sum varying on a 101. house from 2s. 6d. to 5s per annum ! Nothing could be more candid or equitable, as we remarked in yesterday's Times, than the as: surance of Sir W. Follett, that the great party with which he acted would willingly assent to any regulation or adjustment of the principle of rating to be established by the Poor-law, which should secure to the occupant of a house worth 101. per annum—to a tenant standing in the same relation to his land lord as an English tenant does—the full enjoyment of the mu nicipal franchise. \%e trust, that if the House of Commons prove intractable on this subject, the House of Lords will yet employ the fitting remedy, and so model (or re model, if ❑ecessary) the rating clauses of the Poor-law as to meet effectually the above objection, though we are far from sure that they who have tendered the objec- tion will not, on its removal, betake themselves to the prompt fabrication of others, to be persevered in with the same sinister pertinacity as the former one, at the risk of throwing back the Bills for the remainder of the Session. It is perfectly obvious why Mr. Daniel O'Connell has given notice of a motion on the bringing up cf the report to assimi late the Irish municipal franchise to that of Scotland. There is no rate in Scotland—there is no indisputable test of value— there is a power of unpunished perjury—there is a power of committing fraud with impunity—there is a facility for palm ing fictitious votes upon the returning officer—there is an open path whereby to follow the illustrious example of the Cork swindlers, who swore one day, in the hope of being re gistered, that their house was worth 10/., and the next day, under the dread of being rated, that their house was not worth 5/ ; thus degrading all sense of truth into a heavy incum brance, and all affectation of conscience into a sorry jest, aril perverting the most jealous and scrupulous precautions of the law of England into means for levelling the most important outworks of the monarchy. Sure we are that Parliament, even the existing House of Commons, will not countenance projects like this.— Times. The Ascot Races, which are now proceeding with full eclat, prompt us to say a few words on these periodical and exciting assemblages of the English people. We are glad to witness the increase of these exhibitions ; we consider the races in all parts of the country to be of the highest service. The influ ential gentry of the provincial towns and local districts are beneficially brought together; kind services, and the mutual interchange of opinions for the public benefit, are thereby pro duced; civilization in the remote districts is increased ; circu lation of money is promoted, and the breed of English horses maintained at its present high grade of useful value. It is true that objections have beer, made to these assemblages, on the same grounds that objections have been made to prize-' fights, viz., that they are infected with a spirit of gambling ; but the cases are widely different. In the cases of prize fighting, gambling is on essential component. In the instance of races, it is only an incidental excrescence, which does not exist in all cases, and which may be readily mitigated or re. moved where it does exist. cnfortunately the spirit of gambling mixes too much with every thing in this country, whether it be amusement or utility. let we should be sorry to see races lose their estimation with the public in consequence of this abuse. That gamblers pervert them, as they do every thing e ls e , by the vices of their associations, is no argument against the sports themselves. We have briefly enumerated sonic of their advantages, nor can we avoid associating the superior breed of British horses with the superior breed of British freedom. England has been famous for its breed of horses ever since the time of Athelstan, who imported, enacted laws, and gave prizes for their improvement. The freedom of the Arabian son of the desert, and the superior breed of his horses, appear to have been from time immemorial proverbially united. To them Egypt chiefly owed her early conquests, wealth, and power. What gave to Greece the physical and. moral energy which distinguished her children, but the periodical horse races of the Olympic stadium. The association of the breed of these useful animals with the spirit of freedom in its most " high and palmy state," is recorded for ever in the magnificent procession which adorns the sculptured walls of the Parthenon. It was by her perildical horse-races that Greece, while she in vigorated her spirit of liberty and prnmotcd intelligent union and beneficial competition among the citizens of her various provincial towns, became remarkable for two acqui sitions which have also distinguished England—in the superior breed of her horses and the superior beauty of her women. ' The association was never more brilliantly and er.hiliratingly conspicuous than at the present Ascot Raves. Let et also be recollected that the Muses, and especially the Muse of Pindar, sprang to life amongst the exciting competition of the Olym pic race-ground. The same compliment—in this respect also —may equally apply to the British isles as to the " isles of Greece":— " The Muses still with freedom crown'd, Still to thy happy shores repair, Blcss'd isle, with matchless beauty crcwn'd, And manly hearts to guard the fair." It will be seen by the Court Circular that her Majesty at :ended the opening of the Ascot Races in State, accompanied by a large and brilliant cortege of the Court. It is satisfactory to perceive that the Royal countenance and patronage bestowed upon these periodical meetings, and which has been a kind of traditional occurrence in the Royal family during the last four reigns, has not been withdrawn or suffered to fall into disuse during the first year of the reign of our present youthful Sovereign.—!Morning Advertiser. . About three months ago a petition for the emancipation of the apprenticed slaves was presented to our maiden Queen by a deputation of the Anti-Slavery Society. That petition, which prayed the royal clemency to interpose in favour of the abolition of a system disgraceful to a Christian nation--de grading to human nature—and more especially cruel and afflicting as regards the treatment of the female sex, was signed by abeut 600,000 British ladies. In no cause could the humanising influence of woman be more nobly exerted. Here were more than half a million of fair suppliants appeal ing on behalf of the outraged rights of humanity to her whom a beneficent Providence has called at so early an age to reign over the first Christian nation of the world. Can the cause of justice, mercy, and freedom, so advocated, be preferred at the foot of England's throne, and find no response in the heart of her who sits on thereon ? The constitution has, indeed, pre scribed its limits to the Sovereign power ; but still we know that the authority of the Throne is great upon any question of imperial policy in which the Monarch takes much interest. In exercising her legitimate influence towards giving effect to the prayers of her people, who, from all parts of her dominions, call for the deliverance of the oppressed negro, we arc sure that Victoria would give a moral splen dour to the commencement of her reign, which would make it hallowed in history to all future time. What nobler opportu nity cell she ever have to indulge the amiable feelings of the woman, while she consults for the glory of the Queen ? It is now upon the eve of her Majesty's coronation, and this even ing the House of Commons, which, in defiance of the prayers of the people, lately reversed a former decision in favour of the West Indian he:ots, is to be moved to extend, at least to the female inmates of the "house of bondage," the merciful de liverance which was refused to the whole body of slaves the other day. To set free the female victims of so odious a tyranny ; at such a time, would be an act of grace worthy the national jubilee, and an auspicious omen of our maiden Mo narch's reign. What Roman triumph, with its long line of captives, could be compared to a Christian triumph like this—mingling the thanksgivings cf liberated slaves with the 1 acclamations of a free people? Will her Whig Ministers also deprive the Queen's coronation of the moral magnificence which such a triumph of humanity would invest it with ? To ight will tell. In the mean time let us call public attention to the actual condition of females under the apprenticeship ystem, which is much worse than it was before the people of England paid twenty millions to obtain for them the " bless tags" of the Emancipation Act. We pass by the horrors of lavery in Jamaica, the conduct of whose legislature in refer nce to the slaves, since the passing of the " Emancipation et," even Sir Robert Peel describes as being nothing short f infatuation. Let us look to British Guiana, which, until ery recently, was less noticed at home than the other slave colonies. We have before us a report of a speech delivered by John Scoble, Esq. at Exeter-Hall, in which that gentle man gives, from his own personal observation, a picture of lavery, as it now exists in that colony, which it is heart-sicken ing to contemplate. Those who wish to see an answer to Mr. Gladstone, and a dissection of Sir James C. Smyth's de spatches, will find both in that speech. The detail of atrocities practised under the " Emancipation Act" would occupy far more space than at present we can devote to the subject. Let us, however, give one example. Three men and three women are brought before a special justice, charged with an unlawful con spiracy; the case is proved,and his worship sentences them all to a month's hard labour on the treadmill. But what was this un lawful conspiracy ? Was it to injure life and property, cr to resist the master's orders, or to leave or spoil the work, or in fluence others to do so ? Nothing of the sort. It was an unlawful conspiracy to get up a petition of their grievances to the Governor ! Yes, for the offence oi " conspiring" to gi t up a petition to make known their grievances to the represen tative of British power and justice, were these male and female apprentices sent to the hard labour of the treadmill—a punish ment besides, which, as applied to females, is both injurious and indecent. But as to the condition of the females in this favoured colony, let us hear what Mr. Scoble says of it. We give his own words--.. , There is one point of very great im portance, which, indeed, has affected my mind more than any other—that is, the miserable and degraded condition ,I the wonien. They are great sufferers under the apprenticeship laws. Their sorrows have been multiplied, their labour in creased, and their priviliges abridged by the Abolition Act. When they were in their former state of slavery their masters had a particular interest in protecting them— they were the mothers of the young brood o? hu man cattle on their estates, or were expected to be come such, and for the sake of the offspring, to the women were secured, either by law or by usage, certain pri vileges and immunities." Having stated what these were, i.e he goes on to say, " But the interest which I have before spoken of has been withdrawn by the Abolition Act. The children are now free ; the master's interest is cent ered solely in the women—and he exacts from them, whether they be an ticipating confinement, whether they be mothers of lagre families, or whether they be aged and infirm, the greatest amount of labour that can be extorted by a rigid interpretation and application of the law." Hu then adduces the evidence of planters themselves on these points. A planter named Hine deposes—" I make no difference respecting the hours of labour for apprenticed labourers, whether under the age of 14, or above 60. 1 send women to cut the canes, the heaviest work on a plantation, who have young children at the breast. No allowance is made in their favour with regard to work, or the hours of work. I snake no difference with regard to the hours of labour for pregnant women. I have heard it ru. moused that women in that state were only to work six hours, but I did not believe it. My reason for not believing it sta= g that the act of manumission did away with all former acts with re gard to women encierte." " I pray you mark this," adds Mr. Scoble, " the Slavery Abolition Act did away wi t h ail the humane provisions of the slave code." Another planter, a Mr. Mackay, confirms this evidence. Let us give one anecdote illustrative of the system of female slavery, the aboli tion of which is to be moved in the Reformed Parliament of this Christian country this evening. Mr. Scoble speaks of having visited a fine estate on the west side of the Demerara river in company with the Special Justice of the district, where, having obtained admission to the sick house, he de scribes what a scene of misery and sorrow he saw in the men's war. We pass that over, and extract the following pathetic account of one of the patients in the women's ward :—" There was one woman who particularly engaged my attention. I shall never forget the spectacle she presented. ,She was standing with her back against the raised boards. On he r right arm rested a young child, and in her left hand was a cala bash with a small quantity of cold boiled rice. She was worn out by disease—emaciated—reduced to a mere skeleton. Th e fountain of nourishment was dried up; but not so the spring of motherly affection. She appealed to the Special Magistrate, but not for herself ; she said, pointing to her withered bosom, You see, massa, me not able to give pickaninny anyting from myself; and when me come to sick house three days axone me bring plaintain powder with me to make pap for pickaninny, but overseer take it away from me, and pickaninny not able to eat cold boiled rice.' Did this scene occur on some poor estate,whose proprietor had been impoverished by extravagance and mortgagees? No, my Lord, it occurred on Plantation Wales, the property of John Gladstone, Esq., of Liverpool, the father of the Hon. Member fur Newark—it happened on the property of a man who has received nearly 80,0e0/. in Bri tish money in the shape of compensation." No matter who the particular owner may be, or how irreproachable in other respects his character and conduct; the system is so essentially bad that, like pitch, its touch is defilement. Overseers and agents will act up to that system, and think nothing p rang that is not prohibited by positive law. We wish to s m such a system at once and for ever rooted out of every part of the British dominions—in mercy both to slave and planter. As to Mr. O'Connell't motion for this evening, a Goverment Paper having plainly intimated that the Hon. and Learned Member only makes a pretence of moving the abolition of the female apprenticeship, we think the test of his sincerity may be found in the circumstance of his being supported or not by those Members whose votes, it is understood, he can always, when he pleases, command. If, of " the 40," many should vole with Ministers or absent themse'ves, the general opinion will be that which the Courier has expressed. Mr. O'Connell's speech and vote will not be enough—his " vote and interest" must go together, if he would convince the sincere advocates of humanity that his heart is in the cause. We understated in the beginning of this article the number of females who have petitioned the Queen in favour of the abolition of the apprenticeship sys• tern. The number of signatures of females to the addresses from England, Ireland, and Scotland was upwards of 700,000. There have been, besides, more than 3,000 petitions presented to the House of Commons, containing upaard s of 1,000,000 of signatures. To the Glasgow petition alone there were 10 0 .000 names.—Morning Herald. The Bill which has just been passed by the House of Lords to abolish imprisonment fur debt upon mesne proses, unless when the debtor can be shown to the satisfa ct i on o f one o f t h e .fudges of the superior Courts of law to be about to quit the country, effects, or rather commences in a very guarded man ner, an important alteration of the law. The expediency of the measure adopted by their Lordships, or of a tneasnre still more extensive in its operation, has been long and strenuously urged, not by theorists only, but by the most intelligent and reflecting portion of the trading and commercial world ; and the Bill sent down to the House of Commons, if it faii to satisfy the more rash and sanguine enemies of imprisonment unconnected with crime, will, we imagine, receive the unqua lified approbation of all who perceive that tire shortest road to an end, however desirable, is not always the safest or the best, and that even the dictates of humanity are most effec-, tually obeyed when they are reconciled with the suggestions of prudence. Th e st ronges t if no t th e on l y repugnance to - mitigation of the present harsh and inj ur i ous l aw o f d e b tor and creditor visible among any class of society in this country exists among the inferior ranks of tradesmen and shopkeepers, who constitute a large proportion of the constituency of our cities and boroughs. Nobody can doubt that the slow pro gress —or, to speak mere correctly, no progress—made in the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt Bill, during the seven or eight years that this measure slumbered in the House of Commons, cradled and rocked by the Attorney-General, is mainly to be ascribed to the fact we have just mentioned. The past treatment of the subject in the House of Com mons, afforded an indication which the Upper nous& of Parliament could not disregard in taking it out of the hands of the Lower, for the House of Lords is not an assembly, the members of which indulge themselves in - the luxury of talking about wise and humane measures merely to make parade of their wisdom and humanity', or in order that nothing may be done. When occupied in the duty of legislation they sincerely' intend that the measures they sa ne . lion should eventually become law, and they are not so far above the influence of common sense as to refuse to adapt in some degree their determinations to this final purpose. The Lords have accordingleematured a measure which the Corn. mons ought to confirm, and, what is practically a great deal more to the purpose, which the Commons may reasonably be expected to confirm. We sincerely wish that the Lower House of Parliament may learn something from this example. It would prevent a great deal of fruitless altercation, and the 'waste of much valuable time. We are by no means confi dent, however, that the Bill, as passed by the House of .Lords, does not mitigate the austerity of the law of debtor nd creditor too much to propitiate the favour of the city nd borough constituencies, and to neutralize the opposii ion of their representatives in the House of Commons, `The delays, the postponements, the multitudinous motions, .f men eager for any opportunity of making a speech_,l, 'erovided it be a useless one—the everlasting subterfuge of the; . tate of public business, and all the thousand other forms and modes ia which the wet blanket can be applied, arise it, fearful., rray to our imagination, whil e t h e i n ausp i c i ous om en of Si r ' ohn Campbell's seven years' nursing of the measure haunts our ' emory. The truth is that in preserving to creditors the 'ewer of taking the persons of their debtors in execution, and in affording them more effectual means than they nosy sossess of rendering the property of their debtors availa. ele in satisfaction of their claims, the Bill does little 'wards obviating the repugnance felt towards its leading '.bject by the class of small shopkeepers and trailers. It does all that could be done for this purpose, but the all in this case is next to nothing. A very small proportion of the persons now arrested for debt would never be sued at all if they were expected either to defend the cause, or to lay in prison for the length of time necessary to obtain execution in an undefended cause. To arrest upon mesne process is a cheap, summary, and not unfrequently a successful method of en forcing payment, or security for payment, of debts of incon sidereele amount f r om t ar dy, re f rac t ory , an d even from insol vent debtors. Hence the power s o t o arres t grat ifies, its the tradesman whose credits are chiefly of small amount, this love of each, while it increases not perhaps his real but his fancied security. The law which enables a creditor to arrest the per son of his debtor upon nzesne process puts into his hands a power which he can exercise with little trouble or cost. The law which will enable him to arrest only in execution takes away this power, or, which to hint is nearly the same thing, renders its exercise both troublesome and costly. The love of power—of cheap, easy, and irresponsible power—a feeling not peculiar to any class of socity, but which certainly will be found to exist in every class in proportion to its want of cultivation and refinement—is arrayed in formidable oppo. sition to the humane and enlightened measure which the Lords have just sent down to the Lower House ; and we think the Lords have done wisely and well in not exposing their measure to thy hostility of any real and _ substantial interests which they could reasonably or consistently attempt to pro pitiate. Should the present measure become law, and be found beneficial in practice, the next step in the store wise and humane course of legislation, that of abolishing imprison ment for debt altogether when not accompanied by proveable fraud, will be comparatively a safe and easy one. —Morn. Post. A few days ago a working man, walking in the fields rear Monks' Abbey, stooped t 9 collect some plants from a ditch, and saw a gold ring in the water. It proved to be a relique of very fine gold, of ancient workmanship and in high preservation.—Lincoln Gazette. The grand federal rifle match of tile Swiss Cantons M N : fNor.— the borough of Dun will be held this year at St. Gall. The p r izes nearly am ount 1040,000 f. R D ELECTION On S a turday last Knox FO was elected eNG Member gannon, in the room of his brother, the Viscount Northland, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Knox was proposed and seconded by Alexander Mackenzie, of Donoughmore, Esq., and George Evans Stewart, of Northland, Esq. There was no opposition.---Dublin Even. ing Mail. A coal brig, of 410 tons burthen, laden with coals, which sunk in Northfield Hope a few weeks since, was got up without an explosion of gunpowder, by the old method, weighing her by means of chain lighters, after three weeks strenuous exertions by the parties employed. The contract lot raising her was taken, we understand, at 550/. Had the same means been adopted for raising the Apollo di. redly after site sunk, she would have been got up, and without sending the Waterteitch steamer alter her. Both steamers must now be blown up with a ton or two of gunpowder. The coal brig is in dry dock un. dergoing repairs. IRISH ;MAGISTRACY.—The revised lists of the Magistracy do not, of course, yield any very large measure of satisfac tion to the Orangemen and their organs, but they furnish the Mail of hienday, and will probably long continue to supply that vituperative ve hicle of the Irish Tories, with the materiel for the manufacture of the article in which it daily deals, namely unqualified abuse of his Excel lency, the Lord Lieutenant, of Loyd Morpeth, of the Under-Secretary, who is politely designated as " by many degress the most ignorant and yet the most mischievous official, with which Ireland was ever cursed." The Mail, we apprehend, is guilty of much coarseness, and of not a little scurrility, but the organ of the Orange malcontents is vehemently irate ; its party has received a check, they are mortified, and well they may ; there is now weeping, and gnashing of teeth, anti great lamentation amongst the Orange ex-Magistrates. The Tory would-be Irish Magis. crates are, of course, the loudest in their wrathful lamentation. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1838. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JUNE 13. THE QUEEN U, THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWICH In this case a rule had been obtained calling on the de fendants to shew why a mandamus should not issue to the defendants, commanding them to execute a bond for grant an annuity to Mr. Kelly as compensation for the loss of his office as steward of that city. Mr. Kelly had lost his office upon the election of the new corporation under the Municipal Reform Act. Having claimed compensation from the town council, and having only been offered 411. per an num, he appealed to the Lords of the Treasury. He claimed 501. a year on the annual average income of the office, and ten guineas a year as received by him from the Sheriffs, the rent of a meadow, and the amount of fees received on briefs held by him in consequence of his being steward of the city. The coon -61 insisted that the office was an annual office, and that Mr. Kelly had no right to claim compensation for his dismissal from it. The Lords of the Treasury began their report and order on the appeal by declaring that though in strictness . the office might be an annual o ffi ce , y e t th e h o ld e r, by the prac tice of the Corporation, had a right to believe that he should be dismissed but on account of misconduct. They, therefore, decided to treat the office as one held for life They then proceeded to assess the compensation, and, having disallowed the claim for briefs, they directed that Mr. Kelly should re ceive 481. a year as. compensation. The Town Council de clined to execute a bond fur this annuity, and the present rule was then obtained. Mr. B. ANDREWS showed cause against the rule.—Rule absolute. THE QUEEN U. GREGORIE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appeared in this Case to show cause against a rule obtained for a criminal information to be filed against the defendant for a supposed libel on the charac ter of Mr. Hogg, the Member for Beverley, and his wife, pub lished by the defendant in the Satirist newspaFer, of which he was the proprietor. In discharging his duty in this case it gave him (the Attorney-General) the most sincere and heart felt pleasure to begin his observations with the statement that there was not the slightest imputation resting on the charac ter of Mr. Hogg or his wife. He (the Attorney-General) had the pleasure to know both these persons in private, and a more honourable or estimable man, or a. more amiable lady, could not be found in the circles of private life. With regard to the case itself, he was instructed to say that these never was the slightest intention to allude to Mr. Hogg-, the Mem ber for Beverley, or his wife, in the paragraph which was now the subject of complaint. It was an entire mistake to sup pose that they were the parties against whom that paragraph was directed. Lard DENMAN—There is no doubt that a most gross Jibe has been published on somebody. The ATTORNEY-GENEkAL observed that the libel did not affect the present prosecutor.—Rule absolute. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 13. NEWTON AND WIFE V. IiARLAND. This case, which it will be remembered, is an action brought by a barrister for an assault and forcible ejectment, and which the Court last Twin ordered to go down to a new trial, to. day came before the Court upon a rule obtained on the part of the plaintiff, which called on the defendant to show cause why this cause should not be tried by a Jury of the Eastern instead of the Western Division of the county of York, in which county the venue was laid. That rule had been obtained upon affidavits of Mr. Newton and others, which alleged that the assault and forcible ejectment complained of in this action had been committed by the defendant, who was a tenant of Mrs. Lawrence, a lady possessing large landed property, and having very great influence in the Eastern Di vision of the county of York—at her instigation, and at the instigation of her chaplain and steward, and the defendant's attorney, the mayor of Ripon—all of whom were alleged to have been influenced by political motives. The Couto' discharged the rule. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, jtIN E 13. IN THE MATTER OF LADY HYDE PARKER. Mr. nem)Ls applied to the Court on the part of Lady Hyde Parker, an inmate of the Queen's Bench Prison, for a dispensation to reside within the rules, on the ground of indis. position. The application was made on the affidavit of her Ladyship and her medical attendant. She stated that she was 63 years of age, and had in 1836 been confined for debt within the walls of the prison, her health was, by her then long imprisonment, much impaired, and on the forcible repre sentations of her medical adviser, her friends came forward and she procured her liberation. She was cow far from being well, and in the habit of taking medicine. She believed that, if her imprisonment was prolonged, it would be greatly prejudi cial to her health. The Court granted the application, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDIIALL. Yesterday Sir PETER LAURIE attended to state his decision upon an information filed by the Rev. Herbert Smith against Mr. Alderman Harmer, for publishing a newspaper, entitled the Weekly Dispatch, on the Sabbath, as being contrary to the Statute, which forbids any kind of trading on the Sunday except works of necessity and charity. Sir Peter said his decision was, that as there appeared to be some doubt whether the complaint came clearly within the Act, he should give the defendant the benefit of that doubt, and decline to convict. BO W-STREET. Daniel Richardson, having the appearance of a mechanic, was charged by Mr. Henry Lucket., coffeehouse-keeper, 05, Chancery lane, with causing a disturbance at his house, and breaking part of his furniture. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner came into the shop of the complainant for refreshment, last evening at six o'clock, in a state of intoxication, and in consequence of the disturbance he caused to the company he was desired to go about his business quietly, but he refused, and commenced striking the tables and every article within his reach. Upon the complainant attempting to remove him he became more yin. lent, and smashed a table and a wire blind before he could be given into custody. Mr. Lucket added, that he had known the prisoner for many years as a peaceable quiet man when sober, and he therefore had no wish to press the charge with respect to the damage he had done. The prisoner exi,ressed himself very penitent, and was ordered to be discharged upon payment of the drunkard's fine. •john Crane, a light-fingered youth, was charged by Mr. Robert Hewgill, linen-draper, of High Holborn, who stated that he was passing down Long Acre last night at ten o'clock, and on turning round dis. covered that he had at that moment become minus his handkerchief, and seeing the prisoner nearer to him than necessary, he accused him of the robbery, which he resolutely denied, but on laying hold of him, and giving him a good shaking, the "fogle" fell from under his coat. The policeman who came up, recognised the prisoner as an old hand ; and after assuring the Magistrate that he was tempted to Mot: up the article which unaccountably lay at his feet, he was fully committed fur trial. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Thomas Robinson Bill, the master of a ship, was brought before Mr. JEREMY, charged with attempting to diicharge a loaded pistol at Abraham Rayner, of No. 2, New square, Horselydown.—The pri. soner was committed for trial. QUEEN-SQUARE. Ann Hughes ; it young woman about twenty five years of age, with a remarkably wild expression of countenance, was placed at the bar, charged under the following circumstances : Thomas Hill, a cabdriver, yesterday morning about four o'clock, was Called off the Temple stand by the prisoner, who directed him to drive her to No. 4, Albion_place, Commercial-road ; he accordingly did so, but the persons occupying the house denied all knowledge of the prisoner, who then requested he would drive her to the New Palace, in the neigh bourhood of which witness understood that she had some friends residing. Upon arriving at the New Palace the prisoner wished to be driven in at the private entrance, that she migh', to use her own words "See Victoria in. stanter." Witness then suspe,ted his fare was insane, and accordingly let her out of the cab, when she tendered him in payment a pairof ear-rings; witness, however, refused to receive them, and upon his giving them back to the prisoner, she threw them into the road. The prisoner then tried to pass the sentries at the Palace gates, and said " she must go and see Victoria, and guard her from harm, as she Was her guardian spirit." The soldiers then recommended to give the prisoner into Cus tody, which was done immediately. From two duplicates found upon her witness had discovered that she was the wife of a real and wood dealer in Tottenham-court-road. Mr. Iluanet.r. (to the prisoner)—What have you to say in answer to the charge made against you 2 Prisoner— I am a great traveler. I have been all over the earth, and the Queen has accotnpanied me un known to her Ministers. I had great power on Earth ; I could make it stand still till Victoria became Queen, and then I gave the power to her. When I came out last night I told the earth and Ileavens to be quiet, and they were so, not a breath stirred (exultingly ) I have great power—l know I have, and all the world knows it. Mr. BOttßEtt Why do you leave your husband ?—Prisoner (looking steadfastly on the magistrate and lowering her voice)—Hush ! you re member the thunder a f.,w days ago ? Well, I've not seen my husband since then. I had a dreadful battle that day with the elements (hold ing out her hands.) See how the Vanets scratched my hands! But I've conquered them—there will be no more thunder. I've locked it in a but, and the Queen has got the keys. Mr. I 3 uattELL—l think the prisoner's husband should be immediately informed of her situation. Prisoner (vehemently)—No, no, no ;heis a bad man—the devilpos. sesfes him ; and he beats me when I battle with the planets. Mr. BURRELL directed one of the officers to go immediately to Totten. hani.eourt_road, and request the attendance of the husband. In the mean time the prisoner was taken into the outer office, where she passed the time in reciting passages from the poems of Ossian, with which she appeared to be well acquainted She also once or twice burst forth with an invocation to the saints and the Queen, the burden of which was that they should take her away from earth, &c. The effect of this wild song was very good, as she possessed a very powerful, and, at the same time, beautiful voice. In a short time the husband of the prisoner arrived, and represented to the Magistrate that his wife had been in the unfortunate state she was now in for many months. The expenses she had put him to, in paying for her wild freaks, had been enormous, and he felt that unless she could be sent to a lunatic asylum she would soon make him a beggar, besides rendering his existence miserable. Mr. litianut. asked what bad caused the prisoner's derangement. The husband believed it resulted from intense reading and drink. The prisoner was held to bail. Among the numerous gossiping articles to which the death of Prince Talleyrand has given rise, the Censeur de Lyons gives the following :—" For several years the Prince was a debtor ,o the house. of Laffitte for a sum to which the interest was regularly added, and an account of the balance to the Prince at the end of each year; but he paid no attention to the hint. This last year, being re. minded of his debt in the usual manner, the Prince thought fit to place his account on a different footing Calling, therefore, on M. Laffitte, he entered into a long conversation on various topics, but never made the he a he st uml;aickeet of bank.notes from his p oc k e t , an d , p l ac i ng Y matters till the moment o f hi s d e p ar t u re, w them in the hands of the bank er, said—' Permit me with these to open an account current with you r house.' Prince being gone, the notes too a were counted, and when paced against the long standing b a l a nce, the k o n large sum remaining for the Prince to draw upon was found to be-0. It seemed that the Prince could not possibly bring himself to use the words I am come to pay my debt.' The 78th regiment, newly arrived from India, marched through Glasgow on Friday afternoon with a tame elephant, brought by the officers from India, which marched at the head of the band in regimental and most maje,tic order, while the Highland bag pipes played behind. Great crowds turned out to see them, and the ci tizens appeared vastly amused with the scene.—Glasgow Paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, JuArE 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. ROUND, the time for the Com mittee on the Eastern Counties Railway to make their Report was extended to the Ist of July. On the motion of Mr PRYME, the Haverfordwest (or Portfield) Iticlosure Bill was read a third time and passed. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS. Mr. L ABO ITC HE RE said that a short time ego a Com mittee was appointed to investigate the affairs of Leith Har bour and Docks. That Committee had accordingly una nimously reported that it was most expedient that a Bill should be introduced to see on what principles they could carry the agreement which had been made into effect. Con. sidering the late period of the Session and the necessity of settling the question, and that this Bill was partly of a public and partly of a private nature, and of which a certain notice should be given, he trusted that on stating that the report was confined to the assertion that it was fit the Bill should be brought in to carry into effect this agreement, the House would allow him to make the motion with which he intended to conclude, although the report had not been printed. He moved that leave be given to bring in the Bill. If this were agreed to, he should move the usual notices. Sir THOS. FREMA NTLE was not inclined to look with a very favourable eye upon the agreement to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had referred, but with respect to the present proceeding he entirely concurred with it. Sir G. SINCLAIR concurred with the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and expressed a hope that the ques tion would be settled as soon as possible. After a few observations from Mr. LABOUCHERE, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. Witham brought up the Minutes taken before the Se lect Committee on Negro apprenticeship. Ordered to lie on the table. On the motion of Mr. A. WHITE, a return was ordered of all the dues received by the Trinity House during the last three years. Mr. E. VIVIAN presented a petition from Truro against the Bill for the regulation of Pilotage. Sir FL VIVIAN presented a petition with a similar prayer from Plaistoff in Cornwall. COAL TRADE. Mr. LABOUCHERE brought up the Report of the pri vate Committee on the London Coal Trade Bill, and on the motion of the same Hon. Member, the Bill was recommitted pro forma and ordered to be printed. Mr. BLACK STONE presented a petition from the High Sheriff and upwards of twenty Clergymen, of the county of Bet ks, against the grant to Maynooth College. Sir JOHN Y. BULLER presented a petition from Kings town, in Devonshire, against the Order in Council permitting the importation of Hill Coolies. Major HANDLEY presented two petitions from places in Lincoln, in favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for a reduced rate of postage. Mr. PEMBERTON presented several petitions from Parishes in Yorkshire, praying that Church property might be applied to ecclesiastical purposes. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from the minister and inhabitants of the parish of Rathdrum against the national system of education in Ireland. FREEMEN'S ADMISSION BILL. On the Order of the Day for the House going into Com mittee on this Bill being moved by Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HUTT rose to move that a clause be incorporated with the Bill, to the effect that after the passing of the Act no person whose name is or shall be upon the register for the time being, as entitled to vote in the election of a Member of Parliament for any city, town, or borough in England, shall be registered, in or der to entitle him to have his name inserted in any list of such voters for that city, town, or borough for the following year, to have paid any poor rates or assessed taxis, except such as shall have become payable from him previously to the 10th of October in the preceding year. Mr. WILLIAMS suggested that this clause could not now be inserted, for the preamble of the Bill went only to abolish the stamp duty on the admission of freemen, and the clause now proposed was for a totally distinct object, and if that clause were added to the Bill, the Bill would (as we under stood) be the same as a Bill that had already come front the House of Lords. The SPEAKER gave it as his opinion that the clause could not be introduced. Mr. HUTT of course felt it hi; duty to bow to the Chair, but he was sorry that the clause could not be introduced, as the subject was of very great importance. He should with draw the motion. The Bill then passed through Committee, Mr. ALSTON in the Chair. The House resumed. RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL. Mr. PRYME moved the second reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill. Lord G. SOMERSET believed there was another Bill of the same description before the House. Mr. PRYME said the Bill of the Hon. Member for Buck. ingharn and his own were rival Bills, but it had been arranged between them that the Bills should be both printed and taken into consideration on the same day. Lord G. SOMERSET suggested that it would be better to postpone the second reading in the absence of the Honour able ),lember for Buckingham. Sir R. INGLIS said the proceeding of the Hon. Member appeared to him very like stealing a march. Mr. PRYME denied that his conduct merited such an im• putation. He, however, had no wish to press the question, and begged to defer the second reading to that day week. SPIRIT LICENCES (SCOTLAND.) On the motion of Mr. GILLON, the House went into Committee on the Spirit Licences (Scotland) Bill, Mr. JERVIS in the chair. Sir G. CLERK objected to the principle of the Bill al together. He thought it the more convenient course to state his objections, and conclude with a motion that the Speaker should leave the chair. The object of the present Bill was to withdraw from the controul of the magistrates of Scotland every inn and tavern in that country ; for according to the Bill as it at present existed, if a person once obtained his certificate, as long as he remained on the same" premises he was not called upon to renew the license, unless be should have been guilty of such offence as caused him to be convicted three times. Such a Bill, he thought, would be productive of so much inconvenience and disorder that Parliament ought not to tolerate it. The present Bill would not have the effect of assimilating the Scotch with the Irish law. The Irish Act was passed because it was found that there were much doubt and difficulty in a licensed person obtain ing his certificate from the Magistrates, and therefore they were not called upon to go through all these forms ; but as a substitute they were required to obtain a certificate, signed by six householders, that he had conducted his house in a proper manner, and then the Excise were obliged to grant the certificate. That was quite at vari ance with the principle of the Bill before the House. That Bill, however, was allowed to be in force for only three years, when an important alteration was made in it, by the law requiring that in addition to the six householders the certificate should be signed by the Chief Constable of the Police. Had they any such officer in Scotland he might have no objection to such a certificate ; but as they had not, he trusted a majority of the Committee would assist him in throwing out the Bill. He wished that Gentlemen opposite would pay particular attention to this subject, and he trusted the House would pass a similar law to that which was passed for Ireland in 1836, that no grocer should sell; less than a pi n t o f sp i r i ts at a time, and that the ' spirits should not be consumed on the premises, or within a' : quarter of a mile of the place where the spirits were sold. He sincerely trusted, however, that Gentlemen would take: this subject into their serious consideration, and agree' with him in throwing the Bill out altogether. Mr. GILLON contended th a t th idea of making men sober by Act of Parli a ment was p reposterous.—( A laugh. With respect to those persons who obtained licenses for public houses, however respectable, they were obliged to returnl every year to the magistrates to obtain a certificate, and were frequently obliged to travel a great distance for that pur pose. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Sir G. Clerk) had attempted to alarm the minds of gentlemen on this subject. The whole object of the Bill was to relieve a respectable portion of the community from the inconvenience and expense to which they were subjected by a jobbing Magistracy. Sir G. STRICKL AND thought that the license ought to be granted as a matter of course, and that it ought to be for feited only upon the misconduct of the licensed person. It was in his ( Sir G. Strickland's) opinion better that the excise officers should grant the license as a matter of course ; and that the beer-seller should be deprived of his license if he acted improperly.--( Hear.) But this Bill went further, and proposed to do away with the necessity for renewing, annually the certificate of character signed by six persons resident in the parish. Now he (Sir G. Strickland) himself knew a case of a beer-seller who had acquired a notoriously cad cha racter—was he to be exonerated from obtaining a new certifi cate of character ?—( Question. ) Mr. R. STE UART said he had been convinced of the inefficiency of the present system by knowing, that three persons, of unexception a bl e c h aracter, had for a considerable period been deprived of their license, by having omitted accidentally on a certain day, to produce a new certi ficate of character. The difficulty was in arriving at a satis factory test of misconduct on the part of the beer-;eller. On the present occasion he hoped the Honourable Baro net would not divide the House, but allow an amendment to be introduced on bringing up the report. If the Honourable Baronet then thought the Bill an improper cne to be persist e d i n, h e should ag ree to his taking the sense of the House on the principle of the Bill again.— (Cries of " Divide.") The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the num bers were:— For the motion For the amendment Majority -31 The Bill is consequently lost. HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS ) On the motion of Sir MATTHEW WOOD the House went into Committee, for the purpose of further considering the Report on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill. Mr. PRYME in the Chair. Clauses up to 93 were az i reed to without any amendment. Upon clause 20 being called on, Mr. HAWES said that as this was the last clause in the Bill, he must now object to any disti.et jurisdiction being given to try offences committed under the provisions cf it ; and if the clause giving such jurisdiction were persevered in he should divide the House upon it. Mr. PEASE was pleased with the general nature of the Bill, and on the bringing up of the repo::, he would move a clause in aid of its general principles of humanity. co:onel SIBTHORP had always been much opposed to the Bill. Be would take the sense of the Committee LIFT', some of he cl auses , an d if h e f a il ed i n throw i ng i t out, he lot" again take the same course upon the third reading. Mr. HAWES was of opinion that the ordinary Nlagistrate s were quite competent to carry the Bill into effect, and tha t there was no occasion for saddling the public with the era fen of a new office. Sir M. WOOD would recommend his lion. Friend to re ad the Bill, and he would find that nothing of the kind was c on : templated by it. F or hi s own ?art, he thought it desirable th at a Magistrate should b e appointed solely to listen to these COn plaints, and who might be paid out of the fines. Mr. HAWE S said that his statement was borne out by read ing the 20th clause. The fines at present levied went toward s defraying the expenses of the police officers. The clanse was then agreed to. Sir R. PEEL ,wished to ask the worthy Alderman whether he intended that there should be a single tribunal for the de, termination of o ff ences un d er t hi s Bill, and whether he intend s a to deprive the police Magistrates of the jurisdiction they at pre sent possessf.d ? He wished to know whether the new office b a to have an excl us i ve or concurrent j ur i sd i ction. If there Ivo': he only a co ncurrent j ur i s di ct i on was i t necessary to appoi nt - new Magistrate ? If there was to be an exclusive juris• diction, it w ou ld h e too muc h to say that there should b e o nly one place for h ear i ng t h e comp l a i nts. Certainly this w" not hold out much encouragement to persons to make Com: plaints. Most persons would reason that it was much bete' to submit to the mi s b e h av i our an d extortion of the dr i ve rs of these vehicles than waste half the day to go a considerable distance to make the complaint. Sir M. WOOD thought it advisable that either a ne w Magistrate should be appointed whose power should be exclu sively directed to th ose comp l a i nts, or that at the police officie one day in the w ee k, as was t h e case in the City. s h o uld be devoted to these matters . H e t h oug h t that it wou ld ~,, much better that an office should be erected similar t o that which formerly ex i s t e d i n E ssex -street, which de li g hted everybody, in comm on w i t h t h e G a ll ant Colonel ( C o looe' , Sibthorp. ) The . House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The Westminster Pavement Bill was referred to a Select Committee. TENANTS FOR LIFE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill. Lord DUNGANNON moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. LYNCH supported the original motion, and after $ short discussion, in which Sir R, Peel said that no objectio n would be made on his side of the House to the second reading, on the understanding that the discussion would be taken is Committee, the motion was agreed to, and notice was giv e° by Mr. Lynch for Friday. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Mr. O'CONNELL proposed that this Bill should (in the absence of his Hon. F r i en d w h o h a d b rought it in) b e per , mitted to pass through C omm i ttee pro forma, and be pr inted , as amended for consider a ti on an d di scuss i on at a more COnv nient opportunity. Colonel SIBTHORP declared that he had an insuperab_ l ; objection to this Bill f rom b eg i nn i ng to end, as calculate encourage every kind of t r i c k an d b reach of confidence by ~t impunity it conferred. He proposed as an amendment that be read that day three months. Mr. O'CONNELL said that it would only tend t o a breathelie of confidence of gr ea t pu bli c ut ili ty b etween the briber nn' i l o f bribed. He wished by t hi s Bill not to destroy the prine i P English law which prevented a person from injuring h jui rt of by the testimony h e gave, b ut to enact that by the very le a witness going into the box and swearing to declare the an t truth he should thereby, once and for all, be freed Iron; - ne e liability to prosecution for what he disclosed in eviuen-ro against himself: At present he dared not, for lie had o , ° , tection. Now this Bill proposed that the witness shetn u f . i iett be fully protected, but by a different mode • that by, ; a to the public attained the advantage of the publicity rain' s ' the ends of justice. Mr. WYNN declared h's anxiety to have the Bill brongtbe in in the most perfect shape, and would give his vote for h is Committee now asked for; but it was indisp ensa ble in to view that the B i ll s h ou ld nat b e made a general protceti e bribery 4ndpPrjury. Mr. O'CONNELL stated the intention to be only to tend the protectio n t o t h ose acts w hi ch it might be dee med n cessary to develope in a Court of Justice. Colonel SIBTHORP pressed his amendment. The House divided, and there appeared— For going into Committee Against it Majority The Bill then w en t t h roug h Committer proforma, and svilg ordered to be printed. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAN D) t : t i o s Mr. JACKSON sa id th at i n t h e present th i n sta te °_ House he should no t p ress th e second reading o f ti) but postpone it till a future day. Coas t ' Reports of the L oan S oc i et i es (I re l an d) Bill , the Sea Bill Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, and the Grand Juries (IrelarT c i were brought up and agree d t o . O r d ere d to b e print an taken into consideration on Friday. Lt for- The Linen Manufactur e rs ( I re l an d) Bill was b ro ug h t ward by Lord Morpeth. Mr. WARBURTON declared that it could not be PI; nutted to pass sub silentio, as several objections i n prineir', existed to the Bill. He now forgot what they were ; indet he forgot all about it, although he had battled it clause by clause on a former occasion. —(L iughter.) Further consideration postponed till Wednesday, the 2 7th instant. The other Gliders of the Day were then disposed of, and :he House adjourned at Half•past Seven o'Clock. CAPTAIN PECHELL, M.P.--Never since Brigl, ll l , - , ton became a borough was so decided a d ec l ara ti on ma d e by the vief3evi intelligence, respectability, and worth of the town in f avo ur of a ) „ e a ber of Parliament or a Parliamentary candidate as on F r iday last, ° o nearly four hundred persons,— co mp r i s i ng men no t on ly of all gr,a d of and stations, but of almost every religious s ect an d o f every o' 3 ] ,‘ to liberal politics,—assembled to do honour to Captain Pechell a nu ett testify their high sense o f th e i n d e f a ti ga bl e zea l an d i n d us try di!Plaotyed by him in the dischar ge o f hi s P ar li amentary dut i es, an d o f his oe . i , ic h attention to the local int eres t s o f hi s const i tuents. " T h e arrafr - , ' th • " struck horror to th e crew " of Tories and their poor slaves whe n report of it reached them out of doors—was most gratifying to alc o jest honoured by it, at t h e same time that the eloquence o f it'll ni 0 numbers proclaimed th e d ec id e d i nc li nation of the most inguentia,,...4 in the borough f or th e li teral policy espoused by the Gallant Mein." ,,, Brighton Guardian. Pot EXTRAORDINA RY C ASE .—Th e Gorbals have under investi ga ti on a case of a very extraordinary nat ur h e ' a i r t i u d from the bad les sons o f a wicked parent to her son, a boy of fl in h i ' teen years of age. A grocer in Main-street, Gorbals, had the boy tO employment as an assistant shopkeeper, who was always 3ttelitiv;cia, his business, and in whom his master reposed confidence. A feW W bo oe ago it was observed that the boy's mother had replenishe d h e . r tti with many valuable new articles, and had decked her person , w a i r ietY , apparel, till on some dispute arising about family matters, 3 % te a sifc circumstances came under the notice of the police, which ha d h the, nificantly alluded to by peopl e , w h o were we ll acqua i n ted - lady's affairs. It appeared ,that she had sometimes by pas - %si at other times by chastisement, obliged the shop-boy, her son , t° i c t {c o a & familiar with his master' s till, an d th ese fi ne articles wh i c h she ";:iih tlje time to time been purchasing at public auctions, were paid for ,„, n 1, 21 proceeds. Her husband, a respectable man, was surprised a t ; 0. 3 0 ' grandeur—beautiful rosewood boxes, SliVel- knives and f° d ,. vier * spoons, time.piece, quizzing.glass, and gold chain, elegant chest, and an immense variety of goods, such as might be bought at the busk did establishment of Mr. Wooltield. He became uneasy abou t ' t , li st ness, but his wife for a time managed to deceive him, by preiR MI :,Z and she was in the receipt of presents from relatives in the cast coumssed actually caused a letter to b..! written by her step-slaughter, 50d P off for a communication which had been sent along with a 1)°%. 0 . i t : DO A ' goods. The band box was one day brought into the room 3' 01, °- been taken at the door from the carrier. It was properly „ires in p re- • the letter was dated Gulling. Of course the whole was open ed b that fierce of the husband—h e rea d t h e l etter—he could have n o 0° : 0 0; his wife had some ki n d f r i en d s i n the east country. This W" ":4 ; it appeared from th e l e tt er, sent b y a Miss , a child w ll°l° . - ite ha d nursed. It was a happy c i rcumstance for the husband tha t his such kind friends in the world, as he was at the time out of co , P l° ;, ( l bus How changed when his son was taken into custody for the ft ',trat e ' wife for reset, and the above state men t s l a id f u ll y b e fore the ro 3 gies• The boy is callou s , sa y s li t tl e — t h e mother has told a var iety °f strieod4' She mentio n ed several sums which she had received from her it peela but when hard pu s h e d t o ma k e out t h e amount w hi c h m ust Ka ye has applied in the pu rc h ase o f th e art i c l es i n h er possess i on, s he ssid ,ropert,l fllind a parcel containin g t e n p oun d s . Th e victualler, wh ° ' e e.stlMB e was at the mercy of his unf a ithful youn g servan t , h as m ade :lo vin pro' of his whole estate, and finds that since January, instead of has UP tilted by his business, t he is a loser to the amount, ' of 100/., 50" O f Ll" i way of accounting for his loss, but by r e f err i ng t o th e evide nce case.—Scots Times, _ PLATED CORNER DI S r plate with Strong Silver Edges and Handles.—A Set of r t o uitl,„e' Corner Dishes and Covers are offered, complete, for Eig'' r en or a set with richly ornamented Edges, Handles, ike.' " 'fern , neas. The Handles take off the Covers : the set th'ki,g Golds- Dishes when required. T. COX SA VORYS, mith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill , - Doors from Gracechurch-street .) be elected COM. N.B. A variety of Second-hand Watches may price Two Guineas each. Warranted. Wi;hrdon, (Serer ___ _______ _ __.----- ___ . _ BIRTHS. s of g ills " On the 11 th i ns t.. i n H anover-square, t h e C o untes M. borough, of a son, still-born. the lady 0 r ' On the 10th inst., at Bury St. Ed mun d' s , Alicia, r Bayne, of a son. On the 9th in s t., M rs . C . J. Monkhouse, 0 f Craven-atree , Strand, of a son. - _.--------- MARRIED Rev. John I : .ckley, of Credenhill- H On the 12th • inst. a t S * Stone Poole, Esq., eld es t son o f J o hft mbe Pool, F.5.r.,. Bridgewater,sep useo to Maria •of Sir R. Westinace"t„ On the 12th inst. , youngest daughter Beth,"l •, , t. George's, Hanover-square, Gabrioelf inst., John Edmund Eckley, Esq.. eldest son eldest d court, cre daughter of W. C. B d E ran ram, sq., of Gower street, e' ford-square. _______-----------° Hcrefordshir~•, to Eliza, DIED. At Moulmein, in the Burman Empire, on the 14th of Januia.g: Captain H enr y R o b ert Moore, 62 d Regiment, eldest s on of t tenant-Colenel Moore, half-pay 14th Foot, aged 27. On the 9th inst., at Park-lane, Croydon, aged 80, Susannah, re- Lot of Mr. W. Blake. Ur. l' ' On the Bth inst. at F.ffingham, Surrey Dorothy, lc; fe of i o f Stanynought, eldest slaughter of the late'William Collins, Egi'' Richmond. EA . ' On th.e 12th inst., aged 81, Phillis, widow of J. Ramos, formerly of St. James's Palace. On the 9th inst., Mr. Vincent Edward Van, aged :.'.l, eldest s°ll of Mr. T. Van. Tooley street. 63' On the Ilth inst., at Hertford, Daniel Mardall, Esq., ag ed rIY On the Bth inst., at Swansea, George Wilkinson, Esq. , forrne of Cleat Coram-street, Russell-square. ____—...... --- London : Printed and Publi s hed by Al IWO YOU.` (4, °f• 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Cf." — of Aliddlesex.—Thursday, June 14, 1838.